other people have probably pointed this out but that initial children of the world bit was flawed. Africa isn't a country, England isn't a country and the Orient is not a country and was used more often to signify china, japan, and the far east than it was to signify india

so the guy hears a girl scream and then sees her get chased by a man in what is clearly a rape but he doesn't care. then he hears her scream again but without the guy following her so NOW he's concerned and investigates. I'm not sure if this was supposed to be commentary on rape culture, genuine ignorance or just bad acting and directing